Nov. 24, 2025
Where Does That X Account Live?
What sort of a world do we live in if you can’t be sure where an X account comes from? Google isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to antitrust. Insurers still don’t want to touch AI. Let me tell you about “AI grooming.” And we might be running out of capacity for specific types of chips.
- X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos (The Verge)
- What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality (NYTimes)
- The Fate of Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands (NYTimes)
- Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts (Financial Times)
- Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda (The Guardian)
- AI boom is fueling a memory chip shortage that could hit cars and phones (CNBC)
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